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Margaret Trybus, EdD

Professor of Educational Leadership

Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

College of Graduate and Innovative Programs

Dr. Trybus teaches graduate courses focusing on the areas of education and leadership such as school evaluation and change, research based decision making, organizational change, curriculum construction and instructional leadership. She is a research expert in the areas of administrative internship programs, organizational development and change and high school restructuring.

Previously, Dr. Trybus, worked as an Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction. She also wrote several Illinois Arts Council grants for K-12 schools in Illinois, which brought dance, theater, music and visual arts programs to various communities. She also served as a grant reader for many other organizations. Dr. Trybus has been a member of Concordia’s faculty since 2006.

Degrees

EdD, Education. Loyola University, Chicago.

MEd, Education. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill.

BFA/BA, Fine Arts. Mundelein College, Chicago.

Academic and Professional Highlights

Publications

“Facing the Challenges of Change: Steps to Becoming an Effective Leader." Refereed journal of The Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, March 2011. (Available at www.dkg.org).

“What do Curriculum Leaders Need to Know and be Able to do? Lessons Learned from the Curriculum Leadership Development Network.”Illinois Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development, Hot Topic 62, 1-4.

“Administrative Internships: Considering Principals’ Voices from the Field” (with Kersten & White). National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, 2010. (Available at http://cnx.org/content/m33644/1.2/).